Broomcorn cleaner



w.l s. TEDDER BROOM CORN CLEANER dll- Patented Oct. 2l, 1924.

, UNITED STATES- WILLIAM sEABonN 'rrr-nnen., 'or one, anxansasy BnooMoonN CLEANER. i

Application led May 14, 1924.

To all whom t may concer/n.'

Be it known that I, VILLIAM S. TEDDER,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Ola, in the county of Yell and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Broomcorn Cleaners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a device for cleaning broom corn and has for its'object the provision of a simple and inexpensive device by the use ofwhich the seeds, particles of dirt and other impurities may be readily stripped from a bunch of corn. The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing and will be hereinafter fully described, the novel features being particularlypointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 isan elevation, partly broken away and in section, of a device embodying my invention, and

Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a standard 1 which may be secured to any convenient fixed support or base. This standard is formed at its upper end to provide an open space between side posts or 3@ extensions 2 and in the lower wall of the said space or opening is a slit or groove,

' indicated at 3. Secured in any convenient manner within the said slit or groove is a lower stripping yplate 4L which projects into the lower portion of the open space and has its upper edge provided with teeth 5, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The side extensions 2 are slotted, as shown at 6, and in the said slots are received the ends of an upper `stripping plate 7, the lower edge of which is formed with teeth 8 mating with the teeth 5 of the lower stripping plate. A. handle or gripping member 9 of any convenient form is secured to the upper stripping plate along the upper portion thereof between the side extensionslZ and the ends of this handle or gripping member, coactingV with the inner walls of the said extensions, serve as guides in the movement of the plate. The plate is further guided by theside walls o f the slots 6, as will be readily understood. The end portions of the upper stripping plate project through' the slots 6 into similar alined slots formed in wings 10 which are secured to or formed upon the side edges of the standard Serial No. 713,272.

1 and the said wings are provided with grooves 11 in the opposed walls of their vertical slots, which grooves merge into sockets 12 in the wings below the slots. Coiled springs 13 are seated in the said sockets and in the lower portions of the said grooves and bear against the lower edge of the upper stripping plate 7 adjacent the ends thereof, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. Stop members 14 of any preferred form are secured across the upper ends of the slots 6 so that the upward movement of the upper stripper plate may be limited.

In assembling the parts, the lower stripping plate is secured permanently within the standard 1 at the base of the opening through the upper end thereof, as shown. The springs 13 are then dropped into the sockets 12 of the wings or side members 10 and the upper stripping plate is then inserted in the upper portions of the slots 6 and into the slotted portions of the said wings so that the ends of the said stripping plate will rest upon the springs 13. The stop members or other closures 14 may then be secured in place.

In using the device, the upper stripping plate is permitted to assume its upper position in spaced relation to the lower stripping plate, and a bunch of broom corn is inserted at its head end between Jthe two stripping plates. The upper stripping plate is then pressed downwardly to bear upon the bunch of corn so as to spread the same and exert sulficient pressure thereon to yieldably hold it without cutting through it. The corn is then drawn by hand through the space between the opposed edges of the stripping' plates and the teeth on the plates will strip therefrom all seeds, particles of dirt and other matter which may be adhering thereto. At the same time the `bunch will be spread somewhat so that it will be brought into proper form for use in a broom head. My device is obviously exceedingly simple in construction and may be produced at a very low cost.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

A broom corn cleaner comprising a standard having vertically slotted extensions at its upper end, a stripper plate secured in the standard and extending across the space between the said extensions, said plate being provided with teeth along its Y Q f 1,512,724

upper edge, Wings on the sides of the stedof the standard and in the Slots of the said rds4 ati l the upper'. end thereef and p30- wyings, said plete being proyidedwth teeth vided?" Wthz vetrlealfly extedirg sldt's. nd 1t`s`-"10yiVer` edfge, gnd step. members l0 sockets at the base of the said slots, coiled @groe the vslots in the upper ends of the springs seated in said soekets end.v extending stan-dar@ QbQVQ 119 Seid strlpper plate.

into said slots, an upper sr'pper pIate'eh- Iesf-i'mhy'whref ax my'signature. gaged freely through the slotted extensions l WILLIAM SEABORN TEDDER- [LS-1 

